On the official road from the capital to Miyun County, horse-drawn carriages were walking slowly, all of which were four-wheeled carriages, loaded with all kinds of goods, and there were hundreds of them.

Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Xu Guangzuo, and Zhu Houzhao rode tall horses side by side, walking very slowly, chatting at the same time.

"Lao Liu, can't you build a steel plant here in the capital? Why do you have to go to Miyun? ”

Zhu Houzhao was very puzzled and said, the scale of investment this time is very huge, according to the prospectus made by Liu Jin, the Miyun Iron Plant to be built this time will have an investment of two million taels of silver.

In this era, ordinary people can live with three taels of silver a year, and these two million taels of silver are converted into the wealth of later generations, which is almost two or three hundred billion.

Such a huge investment, even in later generations, is a super-large-scale investment, as for this era, such a large-scale investment is the first time.

Of course, the people who participated in the investment of Miyun Iron Works were all rich masters, Emperor Hongzhi invested 400,000 taels of silver, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin also invested 500,000 taels of silver, and the remaining 600,000 silver, the British Duke, the Chengguo Gong, and the Dingguo Gong were equally divided, and each invested 200,000 taels.

Such a huge investment, such a luxurious investment group, is enough to show the vastness of this Miyun Iron Factory, Liu Jin is ready to design it into the largest, highest output, best quality iron factory in this era.

"Although the conditions in the capital are very good in all aspects, there is a shortcoming, if you build a factory in the capital, it is too far away from the origin of iron ore."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Iron ore, how much can be consumed, it is enough to have a four-wheeled carriage to transport it."

Zhu Houzhao said disapprovingly, his concept is naturally still on the basis of the existing smelting workshops, he has been to see it, and knows that the output of these smelting workshops can't consume much iron ore in a year, and of course it can't smelt much steel.

"How can we invest two million taels of silver in total, and if the iron ore we need is still transported by horse-drawn cart, then we will be able to recover the investment in the Year of the Monkey?"

Liu Jin shook his head and said, then looked at the uneven and winding official road in front of him and said, "Maybe the first thing we should do is to build a road first." ”

"Ahem, stinky boy, this time we are smashing the pot and selling iron to invest with you, and you can't waste this money indiscriminately."

As soon as Zhang Mao heard that Liu Jin was going to build a road, he couldn't help but say.

Zhang Mao is now spreading out various industries, although they are all profitable transactions, but for a while and a half will be very tight, this time I learned that Liu Jin has a big deal, that is also to sell some land, and I have to keep up.

To be honest, he was also very curious, isn't it just a steel smelting factory, how to invest two million taels of silver, this Liu Jin actually thought of the first thing to build a road.

"Zhang Gong, as the saying goes, if you want to get rich first, the road is also very close between the capital and Miyun, and it doesn't cost much silver to build a cement road, and after it is repaired, it can also greatly facilitate our future exchanges, and the smelted steel can also be shipped out in a steady stream, this is for the future to make money, how can it be a waste of silver?"

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Brother Liu is very relieved to do things, I am just curious about the smelting method that Brother Liu said."

Xu Guangzuo is still very confident in Liu Jin, of course, it is not okay if he has no confidence, now his sisters are already Liu Jin's people, just waiting for this kid to get married after the title of the gold list next year, his brother-in-law, he still has to stand on his side.

"Yes, yes, Lao Liu, you hurry up and tell me, is your blast furnace steelmaking method good, how can you make a big investment, and there are 400,000 taels of silver from your father, if you mess up, what can you do?"

Zhu Houzhao also said, because he wants to run a steel factory, Zhu Houzhao is also studying hard these days, he is very smart, as long as he learns seriously, he will soon be able to learn.

In this era, the main steelmaking method in the Ming Dynasty was the frying method.

In the conventional iron-making method, only raw iron can be smelted, and then the pig iron can be forged and decarburized, or wrought iron can be heated and carburized into steel, that is, the steel-filled method.

This requires two heating, but in the Ming Dynasty, our ancestors invented the method of frying steel, which does not need to be cooled and reheated to produce steel, reducing fuel consumption and greatly increasing production, a technology that was not available in Europe until the 18th century.

The steel frying method is the most advanced smelting technology in this era, and the steel output of the Ming Dynasty is also the largest on the earth in this era, of course, this output is still insignificant compared to later generations.

The output of the Ming Dynasty was large, mainly because of the large country, if you really want to say that the per capita steel output is about the same as that of later generations, the total amount is very large, but the per capita ranking does not know where it has gone.

"It's actually not difficult to make steel, and you'll know when the time comes, and I'm still afraid of losing money?"

Liu Jin said very confidently, with the golden finger in his hand, making steel is also a very simple matter.

As the huge convoy entered Miyun County, the entire Miyun began to boil.

"Recruited~Recruited~"

"Miyun Iron Mine has recruited~Miyun Iron Mine has recruited~"

"Three meals a day, at least 50 yuan a day~ do more and get more, and sign up at the speed of the intention."

In various towns and villages in Miyun County, the people brought by Liu Jin began to beat gongs and drums and recruit workers on a large scale.

The steel industry is a capital-intensive industry, and it is also a labor-intensive industry, even in later generations, the employees of a steel plant are very large, and they need a lot of manpower, which is even more so in this era.

"At least 50 yuan a day, and three meals a day~"

This condition is tantamount to having a huge temptation, the people of the entire Miyun County have become restless, and in a very short period of time, the Miyun Iron Works, which has just been established, has recruited more than 5,000 people, and almost the entire Miyun County has recruited the young and strong labor force.

In order to prepare for the construction of this Miyun Iron Works, Liu Jin also transferred a large number of backbones from many industries under his command to form a huge management team of 200 people.

With huge funds, enough management personnel, and enough manpower for the time being, the entire Miyun County has quickly become a huge construction site.

Every day, hundreds of carriages continue to travel back and forth between the capital and Miyun, and a large number of materials are continuously imported for Miyun.

In the mountains of Miyun County, a large number of people wander around the mountains every day to explore the distribution and production of iron ore and coal; In the open area of the plains, large swaths of land were bought by nobles from the capital and turned into a lively construction site.

The silver was sprinkled on the small place of Miyun like sprinkled water, and the people of the entire Miyun County could feel that the silver seemed to be getting better all of a sudden.

For ordinary people, the young and strong labor force in the family was recruited into the Miyun Iron Factory, and also signed a long-term employment contract, including three meals a day, and at least 50 Wen wages, if you work hard, some people can even get hundreds of Wen wages, this is a high income, things that I couldn't think of before, one in and one out, the life of every family here in Miyun has become better.

You must know that this time is the time of winter farming, the family only goes out, not in, the face of the head of the house is ugly, the children are beaten the most, and the poor people in the past even have to go out to spend the winter to be able to survive this winter.

But now it's different, everyone's life has suddenly become much better, and even if there are pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks in the family, they can be sold at a good price and sent to the Miyun Iron Factory, how much they will collect, and the price is fair, so that many people are wondering if they can raise more next year.

For the gentry and landlords here in Miyun, their days have suddenly become much better, today there is a certain landlord's mountain sold for thousands of taels of silver, and tomorrow there is a certain gentry's mountain because of the discovery of coal sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The day after tomorrow, I heard that Miyun Iron Works needs a lot of sand and gravel here, and sand and stones can be sold for money.

Besides, the Miyun Iron Factory needs a lot of grain, meat, and all kinds of materials every day, and basically it can be purchased here in Miyun, which also allows the businessmen, gentry, and so on in the entire Miyun County to enjoy a wave of dividends.

In less than half a month, a blast furnace as high as more than ten zhang stood on the land of Miyun County.